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LightWave 9.6: NewTek's latest update to its flagship 3D productJon CarrollNewTek's LightWave 3D 9.6 update offers some new functions and bug fixes over 9.5, which shipped around SIGGRAPH 2008. I'll admit I'm a long-time user of LightWave, having worked as a freelance LightWave artist for 10 years in various capacities. Some of the new features are easier for me to understand, while to others they may be obscure.

Smartsound Sonicfire Pro 5 Tutorials: Scoring Edition overviewLarry JordanLarry Jordan takes you on a tour of the powerful timeline-based interface of the Sonicfire Pro 5 Scoring Edition. Learn your way around the different windows: Timeline, Properties, VU Meters, Bin/Spotting, and Video. Larry also gets started with a project so you can see the basic functionality.

New Acura RDX Spot Feature Animation, & Music by Elias ArtsnoneJust breaking this past weekend, the new Acura RDX spot, "Wall Art," produced by RPA, reveals the turbocharged crossover SUV's city prowess "darting through alleys, ducking around corners, navigating the urban landscape. In fact, it's the landscape that really sets this spot apart. Enlisting the director duo of Chris Hopewell and Ben Foley of Collision Films (previous work includes music videos for Radiohead and Franz Ferdinand), this RDX commercial uses stop-frame animation techniques while plugging into the street art phenomenon.

Guerilla FX Creates Animation For Syngenta Agrisure SpotnoneOn behalf of Syngenta, a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology, Guerilla FX (GFX) created "Launch Your Yield," an animated :30 spot for Syngenta Agrisure. The spot was developed through Campbell Mithun (Minneapolis, MN) and began airing at the end of November in the Midwest.

Sundance Festival to Feature Emerging Talent, Prominent Composers and Icons of Rock in Film and Live Performances A Celebration of Music and FilmGregg SchwenkThis year's Sundance offers a celebration of seminal rock and rollers, persecuted musicians risking their lives to be heard, artists creating the pulse of cinema through inventive scores and soundtracks, and a Grammy award-nominated rapper who is by no means "little." The 25th Sundance Film Festival runs from January 15-25, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. A complete list of films and events is available at www.sundance.org/festival.

Cycore Path Tools For Type at the Edge Who needs a Lamborghini when $199 lets you play with World-Class motion toys? Jean HauptmanBefore we get to the "How To," I want to briefly discuss both new Path Tools. The two filters are simple for beginners, but include multiple levels for advanced users--so the options for custom effects seem limitless.